All Regulation articles – Page 81
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News
Wife Swap cleared over baby concerns
Ofcom has backed the producers of Wife Swap over an episode in which a baby was shown living in a dirty flat and eating chips.
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NewsLabour and SNP clash over Scottish broadcaster proposal
Labour has clashed with the SNP after the nationalist party re-floated the idea of establishing a new independent Scottish broadcaster.
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NewsHunt steps up warning over BBC Trust
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has given his strongest signal yet that a Conservative government would push to dismantle the BBC Trust in their first term if elected next year.
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NewsBBC Trust to review BBC1, 2 and 4
The BBC Trust has launched its biggest service review to date, encompassing BBC1, BBC2, BBC4 and the red button service.
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NewsBBC attacked over "arrogance" in review
A Tory-led cross-party government committee has blasted the BBC Trust’s “arrogance” over what it has deemed an incoherent response to the ongoing review of the corporation’s commercial operations.
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NewsOfcom: ITV could lose £64m a year on regional news
Ofcom has warned that the ITV network will be facing a loss of up to £64m a year by 2012, if it has to continue providing regional news bulletins.
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NewsTV bosses call for review of regulation "shackles"
RTS CAMBRIDGE: TV’s heavyweights have issued a near-unanimous call for a major review of television regulation, with a clear majority also backing partial television news.
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NewsOfcom exceeded powers, claims BSkyB
Broadcast regulator Ofcom has come under fire from BSkyB for suggesting the company should sell its highest value content at pre-determined prices.
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NewsBradshaw may scrap BBC Trust before Charter Review
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The row between the BBC Trust and the government intensified late yesterday evening, with Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw suggesting he could scrap the Trust before the next Charter Review.
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NewsBradshaw attacks BBC Trust
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The BBC Trust is at loggerheads with the government after culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said its role as both “regulator and cheerleader” was unsustainable.
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NewsDCMS and BBC Trust at war over top-slicing
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has entered a war of research with the BBC Trust – issuing new findings about public opinion on top-slicing that directly counter findings by the BBC’s governing body.
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NewsBBC hands "size and scope" review to ex-Tory advisor
The BBC has handed the review of its “size and scope” to John Tate, formerly a senior Tory advisor who has worked closely with David Cameron.
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NewsMixed CRR outcome for ITV
ITV will have to keep its Contract Rights Renewal mechanism in place for advertisers, but it will be relaxed to make it more flexible.
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NewsKyle show rapped over c-word exchange
Ofcom has censured ITV for including the c-word in an edition of daytime talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show.
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NewsProduct placement to be approved for British TV
Product placement could soon be allowed on British television programmes for the first time with the Government reviewing a ban on the practice as broadcasters struggle with weak advertising revenue.
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NewsUnions pressure government to fast-track piracy clampdown
Indie trade body Pact and broadcasting union Bectu are backing a campaign to clamp down on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing on the internet.
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NewsChannel TV slams ITV compliance move
Channel TV has criticised ITV’s decision to bring in a “double compliance” system, with chairman Mick Desmond claiming the broadcaster is taking a “cynical advantage” of Ofcom’s decision to increase the network’s fines for breaches of the broadcasting code.
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NewsOfcom toughens fine limits for ITV
Ofcom could fine ITV more than £3m for any future breaches of the broadcasting code, after a review concluded the broadcaster’s fines over the TV fakery scandal were not hefty enough.
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NewsTrust review to shrink BBC
The BBC is facing its biggest shake-up since 2006’s Creative Future strategy after the BBC Trust fired the starting gun on a major review of its size and scope.
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NewsTrust review set to shrink BBC
The BBC Trust has fired the starting gun on a process which is likely to see the BBC rein in the size and scope of its activity – said by a senior BBC exec to be “as big as Creative Futures”.